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Ruby 3

Ruby's Fiber Scheduler — Concurrency That Actually Makes Sense

Most Ruby developers have a complicated relationship with concurrency. Threads feel dangerous. Processes feel heavy. And the GIL — the Global Interpreter Lock — has been the villain in so many horror stories

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 8 min read
Rails

Solid Queue — Background Jobs in Rails 8 Without Redis

For years, the default answer to “how do I run background jobs in Rails?” has been: add Redis, add Sidekiq, configure two separate services, monitor two dashboards, and don’t forget to handle Redis

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 9 min read
Developer tips

Your GitHub Profile Is Your Developer Brand — Here's How to Make It Count

Most developers treat their GitHub profile like a filing cabinet — a place to dump code and move on. They’re not wrong to use it that way; that’s technically what it’s for. But

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 10 min read
Ruby 3

Pattern Matching in Ruby 3

Pattern matching landed in Ruby 2.7 as experimental and graduated to stable in Ruby 3.0. Most Ruby developers have heard of it; far fewer use it confidently in production code. This post cuts

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 8 min read
Rails

Real-Time UI Updates with Turbo Streams in Rails 7 and 8

Real-time features used to mean reaching for ActionCable, writing JavaScript event listeners, and managing WebSocket state that lives entirely outside your Rails stack. Turbo Streams changed that equation entirely. Built into Rails 7

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 7 min read
Developer tips

Why Developers Who Stay Quiet Get Overlooked (And How to Fix That)

You’ve shipped things that work. You’ve solved problems that stumped your team. You write clean code and know your domain deeply — but the promotion went to someone else, the consulting inquiry landed

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 9 min read
Ruby 3

Exploring Endless Method Definitions in Ruby

Ruby has a reputation for flexibility and expressiveness, often encouraging developers to explore boundaries that many other languages restrict.

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 8 min read
Rails

Exploring the New Basic Authentication Generator in Rails 8

Rails 8 introduces a built-in authentication generator, streamlining the process of adding basic authentication to Rails applications.

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 5 min read
Developer tips

The Right Way to Write Documentation for Codebases

Effective documentation is crucial for the success and maintainability of any codebase. It serves as a roadmap for developers, aiding in understanding, collaboration, and future development.

Rajan Bhattarai Rajan Bhattarai 8 min read
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